Janelle Shane trained a recurrent neural network with a data-set of more than 2000 ancient proverbs and asked it to think up its own: "A fox smells it better than a fool’s for a day."
If you answered “Really really weird proverbs”, you are correct.A fox smells it better than a fool’s for a day.
No songer in a teacuper.
A fool in a teacup is a silent for a needle in the sale.
No man is the better pan on the hunder.
A mouse is a good bound to receive.
Do not come to the cow.Some of them almost make sense:
A good wine makes the best sermon.
A good fear is never known till needed.
Death when it comes will have no sheep.
An ounce of the heart comes without an exception.
A good face is a letter to get out of the fire.
No wise man ever wishes to be sick.
A good excuse is as good as a rest.
There is no smoke without the best sin.
A good man is worth doing well.
A good anvil does not make the most noise.While others would be more difficult to pass off as real proverbs:
We can serve no smort.
A good face is a letter like a dog.
A good earse makes a good ending.
Gnow will not go out.
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A fox smeep is the horse of the best sermon.
No sweet is half the barn door after the cat.
There is not fire and step on your dog and stains the best sermon.
An ox is a new dogn not sing in a haystar.
Ancient wisdom from the neural network
[Janelle Shane/Lewis and Quark]
(via Beyond the Beyond)
(Image: Robert Couse-Baker, CC-BY)
